# viser
## Danish
### Noun

viser c (singular definite viseren, plural indefinite visere)
* pointer, hand

#### Inflection
### Noun

viser c
* indefinite plural of vise

### Verb

viser
* present of vise

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vi.ze/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French viser, from Old French viser, from Late Latin vīsāre, from Latin vīsere, intensive of videō. Compare voir.

#### Verb

viser
* to aim, to target
    une loi qui vise à améliorer la situationa law which aims to improve the situation
    des mesures visant à réduire la fréquence et la gravité des accidents de la routemeasures aiming to reduce the frequency and gravity of road accidents
** 2009 September 5, “Pakistan : 43 militants islamiques tués”, in Le Figaro‎:L’offensive pakistanaise, appuyée par des hélicoptères et de l’artillerie, visait un quartier-général du Lashkar-e-Islam (Armée de l’Islam) dans la vallée de Tirrah, a précisé à l’AFP un responsable de sécurité à Peshawar.A security officer at Peshawar specified to AFP that the Pakistani offensive, supported by helicopters and artillery, targeted a Lashkar-e-Islam (Army of Islam) headquarters in the Tirrah Valley.
* (colloquial) to watch, to stare
    Synonym: regarder

##### Derived terms

* aviser
* réviser
* reviser
* susvisé
* visable
* visée
* visette
* viseur
* vision

##### Descendants

* → Portuguese: visar

### Etymology 2

From visa +‎ -er.

#### Verb

viser
* to issue with a visa

##### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “viser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ivres, revis, rives, rivés, servi, sévir, vires, virés

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French viser, from Vulgar Latin *visāre, from Latin visere, intensive of videō.

### Verb

viser
* to aim at, to target

#### Conjugation

* Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Descendants

* French: viser

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

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### Etymology 1
#### Noun

viser m or f
* indefinite plural of vise

### Etymology 2

Derived from the verb vise.

#### Noun

viser m (definite singular viseren, indefinite plural visere, definite plural viserne)
* a hand (on a clock or watch)

##### Derived terms

* sekundviser

#### See also

* visar (Nynorsk)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

viser
* present tense of vise

### References

* “viser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “viser” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* Visor, visor, visur (weak noun, obsolete and archaic spellings)
* Viser, visir (strong noun, obsolete spellings, both feminine)
** vis (neuter plural)
** visar (masculine plural)

### Noun

viser f
* (weak) indefinite plural of vise
* (strong) indefinite plural feminine of vis

### Verb

viser
* present of visa

### Anagrams

* Versi, rives, siver, versi

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* visiere (alternative form or synonym)

### Noun

viser oblique singular, m (oblique plural visers, nominative singular visers, nominative plural viser)
* (Anglo-Norman) visor

### References

* viser on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub